Meaning"Well settlement" | Formal: "Settlement by the spring"
OriginModern American
GenderMale
Syllables2
NumerologyLife Path 8
US Rank (today)#9511
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Origin & history of Welton
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Modern American roots
Welton comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Well settlement" | Formal: "Settlement by the spring".
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How popular is Welton?
1924peak year
Today, Welton is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #9511), with only about 8 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1924, 67 babies were given the name (ranked #837 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. In all, around 2,593 babies have been registered as Welton since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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